Annual Boardmasters Surf Festival Opens In Newquay

NEWQUAY, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: The sun sets as people gather on Fistral Beach in Newquay ahead of the annual Boardmasters festival on August 8, 2017 in Cornwall, England. Since 1981, the Boardmasters surfing competition has been held in Newquay and is now part of a larger five-day surf, skate and music festival becoming an integral part of the continually popular British surf scene, growing from humble beginnings, to one of the biggest events on the British surfing calendar. It now attracts professional surfers from across the globe to compete on the Cornish beach that is seen by many as the birthplace of modern British surfing. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)